遺物(いぶつ)

いぶつ
noun
relic; remains; artifact
1. relic; remains; artifact
An object left behind from the past, especially historical or archaeological artifacts. Can also refer to outdated things that have survived from a previous era.
遺跡(いせき)から遺物(いぶつ)が発見(はっけん)された。
Artifacts were discovered at the ruins.
この土器(どき)は縄文時代(じょうもんじだい)の遺物(いぶつ)だ。
This pottery is a relic from the Jomon period.
あの制度(せいど)は封建時代(ほうけんじだい)の遺物(いぶつ)にすぎないという批判(ひはん)もある。
There is also criticism that the system is nothing more than a relic of the feudal era.

Used both literally for archaeological finds and figuratively for outdated systems or ideas that linger from a bygone era.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 出土(しゅつど)遺物(いぶつ) (excavated artifact)
  • 歴史的(れきしてき)遺物(いぶつ) (historical relic)
  • ～時代(じだい)の遺物(いぶつ) (relic of the ~ era)

Do not confuse with 異物(いぶつ) (foreign body/substance), which has the same reading but different kanji and meaning.

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